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Date: Apr 25, 2009 3:36 PM
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Water Conservation, Repair Efforts Continue
NUMANIYAH — The Logistics Military Advisor Team (LMAT) at An Numaniyah Military Training Base (ANMTB) continues to advise and enable Location Command (LC).


Balad squadron serves as Iraq's 'guardian angels'
4/22/2009 - JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq (AFNS) -- Coalition military members in Iraq have plenty of equipment, tactics and techniques at their disposal in the event of a worst-case scenario in the field. However, if those safeguards fail, a team of operators from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron is standing by, ready to help.


Combined Forces in Afghanistan Kill 14 in Six-Hour Battle
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2009 – Coalition and Afghan forces killed 14 insurgents in a six-hour battle in the Sangin district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province yesterday.


Wounded Warriors Complete Boston Marathon on Hand Cycles
BOSTON, April 24, 2009 – Two Special Forces soldiers who are close friends have much in common. Both were wounded in combat -- one in Iraq, the other Afghanistan. Both are recipients of the Silver Star Medal for their actions in combat. Both are single-leg amputees. And both were official finishers of the 113th Boston Marathon on April 20.


Group to Honor Vets’ Caregivers During National Nurses Week
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2009 – Helping veterans with physical and emotional problems can be overwhelming for caregivers, but despite the long hours and magnified stress, nurses continue to provide quality care to wounded warriors across the country.


Face of Defense: Chaplains Comfort Families of Fallen
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., April 24, 2009 – The night sky looked calm and tranquil from a gently soaring aircraft, miles above the Eastern Seaboard towns below. However, there was nothing tranquil or calm in the hearts of one family on board, traveling to Dover Air Force Base to witness the dignified transfer of their son’s remains.




Fatal new flu strain threatens Mexico, U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican and U.S. health officials searched on Saturday for signs an outbreak of a new flu strain is spreading further, after it killed up to 68 people in Mexico and infected eight in the United States.


Obama legal team wants to limit defendants' rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a 23 year-old decision that stopped police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer is present, the latest stance that has disappointed civil rights and civil liberties groups.


Book Chavez Gave to Obama Is Used as Core Text on Many College Campuses
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wasn't the first to discover the book he gave to President Obama last week in an attempt to ease diplomatic tensions — college students in the U.S. have been turning its pages for years.


Taliban bar Pakistan army convoy as tension grows
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban gunmen stopped an army convoy from entering their valley stronghold Saturday, casting a U.S.-criticized peace deal back into doubt a day after the militants called off a move closer to the Pakistani capital.


How bad is America's ever-growing debt?
As President Obama approaches his first 100 days in office, America's fiscal health is "not good and deteriorating," according to David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general and former drector of the Government Accountability Office.


The Declaration of Cumaná: Capitalism 'threatens life on the planet'
We, the Heads of State and Government of Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela, member countries of ALBA, consider that the Draft Declaration of the 5th Summit of the Americas is insufficient and unacceptable for the following reasons.


US journalist jailed in Iran goes on hunger strike
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An American journalist convicted in Iran of spying for the U.S. has gone on a hunger strike to protest her imprisonment, her father said Saturday.


Report: Democrats Refuse to Allow Skeptic to Testify Alongside Gore At Congressional Hearing
Washington, DC -- UK's Lord Christopher Monckton, a former science advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, claimed House Democrats have refused to allow him to appear alongside former Vice President Al Gore at a high profile global warming hearing on Friday April 24, 2009 at 10am in Washington.


Here is today's break from all the serious stuff.

Daughter Makes Brave Sacrifice For Her Fathe
How do you ask a 9-year-old to save Daddy's life? One Westminster family recently struggled with this very difficult question. Denise Koch reports when the family's little girl said "yes" she became the youngest donor in a history-making procedure at Hopkins.




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